Only 19% percent of third graders in Newark passed a literacy test last year.
A new plan has been announced to boost literacy among children in Newark, NJ. Reporter Toni Yates has more.Nineteen percent of third graders in Newark passed a literacy test last year. For all grade levels, the passing rate was 27%. In some schools, officials say the percentage was even lower.Book clubs, story times and book giveaways are just some of the programs at Newark Public Library attempting to improve student literacy.Baraka created the Mayor Ras J.
The plan calls for intensive tutoring in schools, enrolling more kids in pre-school and adding literacy components to after school programs like sports."We want mothers to be reading or people to be reading," Baraka said. "Mother is probably tired, so Daddy, why don't you read to the mother and the child?"
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